Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. United Revolver Club of Sacramento, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY No. 2:18-cv-2960 KJM DB INSURANCE COMPANY, a Pennsylvania 12 corporation, 13 ORDER Plaintiff, 14 v. 15
UNITED REVOLVER CLUB OF
16 SACRAMENTO, INC., a California corporation, 17 18 Defendant. 19 20 This matter came before the undersigned on November 1, 2019 for hearing of plaintiff’s 21 motion for default judgment pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(19). (ECF No. 17) Attorney Stephen 22 Soskin appeared on behalf of the plaintiff. No attorney appeared on behalf of the defendant.1 23 //// 24 1 Attorney Bart Hightower attempted to appear personally and speak on behalf of the defendant. 25 Mr. Hightower, however, explicitly would not appear as an attorney representing the defendant. “A nonlawyer can’t handle a case on behalf of anyone except himself.” Georgakis v. Illinois 26 State University, 722 F.3d 1075, 1077 (7th Cir. 2013). “28 U.S.C. § 1654 . . . does not allow 27 corporations, partnerships, or associations to appear in federal court otherwise than…